Jon Zeff Appointed As BBC Trust Director

Jon Zeff has been appointed as Director of the BBC Trust.

"Mr Zeff is currently a Director at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and has been appointed following an open recruitment process," the BBC Trust said. His start date will be confirmed at a later date.
Mr Zeff will replace Nicholas Kroll, who will retire from the BBC at the end of June at the age of 60, having been successively Director of Governance and Director of the BBC Trust since 2004.
The Director is responsible for leading the Trust Unit and acts as the principal adviser to the Chairman and Trustees.
Trust Chairman Lord Patten said: "Jon is a highly experienced public servant who understands both the values of public service broadcasting and the policy issues surrounding broadcasting as a whole in the years ahead.
"All of us at the Trust are delighted that he has accepted our offer to become the next director and we look forward to working with him and to his leadership of the Trust unit."
Jon Zeff said: "The BBC is a hugely important institution in which we all have a stake. I relish the opportunity to help ensure that it serves audiences as well as it possibly can at a time of so much change and opportunity in the media industry."
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